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Beach (Hastings' Dictionary)

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible (1898–1904)· Public Domain

In Mt 13' ", Jn 21*, Ac 21» 27»» « tliat is, wherever the Gr. in NT is aiytaXit, RV changes ' sliore ' into 'beach,' leaving 'shore' for xeiXos ( = .n?;'=' lip '). The beach is properly the part of the shore washed by the tide. J. Hastings.

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia on Beach

Beach bech (aigialos): The part of the shore washed by the tide on which the waves dash (Mt 13:2,48; Joh 21:4; Ac 21:5; 27:39-40).

References

  1. Orr, J. (ed.) (1915) The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Chicago: Howard-Severance Company. [Public Domain]
  2. Easton, M.G. (1893) Easton's Bible Dictionary. 3rd edn. Thomas Nelson. [Public Domain]
  3. Nave, O.J. (1897) Nave's Topical Bible. Topical Bible Publishing Co.. [Public Domain]
  4. Hastings, J. (ed.) (1909) A Dictionary of the Bible. Edinburgh: T&T Clark. [Public Domain]
  5. Smith, W. (ed.) (1884) Smith's Bible Dictionary. London: John Murray. [Public Domain]
  6. Fausset, A.R. (1878) Fausset's Bible Dictionary. [Public Domain]A Critical and Expository Bible Cyclopaedia

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